Data 88E: Economic Models

Name: Just the Class
Author: Eric Van Dusen

UC Berkeley, Fall 2024

Eric Van Dusen

Hi - I am a lecturer in Data Science as well as a staff member helping to build out Data Science Undergraduate Studies. I am passionate about how Data Science approaches can bring innovation to teaching and learning in all disciplines. I love trail running, kayaking, camping and exploring.

Week 1

Aug 28: 1 Introduction; Slides; Demo Notebook; Amal Slides; Reading: 0; Recording

Week 2

Sep 4: 2 Demand; Slides; Demand Survey; Demand Step by Step; Demand Coded; Price Elasticity; Avocado Demand; Recording; Reading: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4; Lab Lab 1; Project Project 1

Week 3

Sep 11: 3 Supply; Slides; 3.0 Cubic Curves; 3.1 Supply; 3.2 Sympy; 3.3 Cal Strategy; 3.3b CAISO data; Reading: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4; Lab Lab 2

Week 4

Sep 18: 4 Government Intervention; Reading: 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3; Lab

Week 5

Sep 25: 5 Production; Reading: 4.0, 4.1, 4.2; Lab; Project

Week 6

Oct 2: 6 Utility; Reading: 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, LaTeX (external); Lab

Week 7

Oct 9: 7 Inequality; Reading: 6.0, 6.1, 6.2; Lab

Week 8

Oct 16: 8 Game Theory; Reading: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5; Lab; Project

Week 9

Oct 23: 9 Development; Reading: 8.0; Lab

Week 10

Oct 30: 10 Macroeconomic Policy; Reading: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5; Lab

Week 11

Nov 6: 11 Econometrics; Reading: 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4; Project

Week 12

Nov 13: 12 Finance; Reading: 10.0, 10.1, 10.2; Lab

Week 13

Nov 20: 13 Environmental Economics; Reading: 12.0, 12.1, 12.2; Lab

Week 14

Nov 27: 14 Holiday: No Class

Week 15

Nov 29: 15 Guest Lecture